The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-18

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THE death of Rev DIR. Andrus removes from
the ranks OF the Methodist ministry one of the
strongest and ablest men ever in Indiana and q
citizen who, through long and honorable Ca
reer. consricuously exempllfed the high dignity
and courtesy of true Christian man
hood. DIR. Andrus bad rare strength
of character and tenacty Of purpose
His will power was phenomenal, but it was
united and mixed with extreme gentleness
Of spirit and sweetness of life. With the force
of giant he combined the modesty and manner
of woman. When in the plenitude of his
powers few men could equal and none excel his
pulpit work. His active years had been almost
equally divided between education and
the ministry, and it is doubtful upon
which line his influence was the
greater In both spheres he touched many
thousands OF lives and characters which are the
better because of him, ard through whom,
though dead. he yet speaketh. During his
rrotracted illness he has been followed with the
thoughtful regard of all the charges he served.
and of the several educational institutions to
which he had been devoted The announce.
ment of his death caused profound sorrow
which States he lived and labored The
funeral services over his body will be held
tomorrow morning, at 1890 o'clock. By his own
request they will be held in Central avenue
Church, of which he was the first pastor, and by
every member of which, as by every member of
all the churches he served, he was loved with
deep and tender affection. The pastor Of the
church will have the services in charge. and he
will be assisted By Rev. DR. Gilbert. of Meridian
street, of which DR.. Andrus was formerly pas
tor, and by Revs Dr. Marine, of Lafay-
cite; Pye. of Seymour; Thomas H. Lynch,
and others The death Of such man as Dr.
Andrus from the premature decay of his physical
powers is pubic calamity. Far outside the
boundaries OF his special denomination he was
highly esteemed, and the solid. enduring char
acter Of mis- work recognized aud acknowledged.
MARIETTA is the oldest town in Ohio hav
ing been settled in 1887 One of it's found
ers aud early residents was General Rufus
Putnam, who died in 1924, in the eighty
seventh year of his age. Putnam was an
officer in the Revolutionary army, and warm
personal and political friend of Washngtone.
Washington appointed him Surveyor general of
the United States, and jefferson subsequently,
removed him. Among some papers of General
Putnams, recently overhauled at Marietta, is a
letter from one Stephen Jones. of Boston, written
in 1910 The writer signed himself. ssYour old
friend and humble servant; man who was with
Putnam in the French and Indian war; He
writes: ~ noticed in the public prints few
years ago that T. Jefferson had honored you by
removing you from an Office bestowed upon you
by the great and virtuous Washington, the real
father of his country. Your removal from Of
fee is full evidence of your adherence to the
principles of the good old Washington school. of
which avow myself to be a true disciple; and
the numerous removals of honest and capable
men from Office. and in many instances the va
cances so made by 4. jefferson filed by him
with id rascals. has excited my warmest in
dienation. l doubt not that heaven, in its
wrath for the sins Of our nation, permitted him
to preside over our Nation did hope that his
successor was fully convinced of the mad. weak
and foolish measures Of his immediate predeces-
sor, and that he would administer the govern
ment with impartiality, but I find myself disap.
pointed The temper and language of the let
ter indicate that party spirit ran pretty high
even in those early days, and that human nature
was much the same then as now